THE YORK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
York town has 54.7 square miles of land in York County. Its Census boundary intersects Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
York and York County
York is associated with York County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
York by land and water
The Census records 77.1 square miles of water within York, or 58.5% of its total area. It is 36.6 percentage points higher than the 21.9% recorded for York County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, York town has 14.7 times the land area of nearby Cape Neddick CDP (3.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

